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Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by merlinscholz »

junon wrote: post #6
napsterbr wrote: post #2

They deleted my curated playlist for programming while I was a paying customer and with zero warning. I just moved to a new service (and in parallel keep my playlist locally, with good old mp3 files). Thanks for the warning, but unfortunately when it comes to Google one must never be surprised when their data is no longer accessible.

I need a new service reccomendation that isn't GMusic or Spotify, neither companies of which I would like to support financially. I don't mind paying for a hosted service as I don't have the time nor the energy to manage my own multimedia service and would like to have good reliability when out and about. Any ideas?

I ditched Spotify for Apple Music last year (due to several issues with Spotify). The only thing I miss so far is a good web player. Apple Music offers one, but it crashes way too often. The iOS and even the Android app work just fine. Also, the price (at least here) is the same for both platforms.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by speedgoose »

naebother wrote: post #10

This is why I'm still discovering and managing my mp3s like it's the 00s (warez/torrents). Never know when it's all going to be shut down. These services are still good for discovering similar music, but always have local copies.

You could always use a service not managed by Google. Spotify for example has been around for years and will not close anytime soon.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by stonogo »

junon wrote: post #6
napsterbr wrote: post #2

They deleted my curated playlist for programming while I was a paying customer and with zero warning. I just moved to a new service (and in parallel keep my playlist locally, with good old mp3 files). Thanks for the warning, but unfortunately when it comes to Google one must never be surprised when their data is no longer accessible.

I need a new service reccomendation that isn't GMusic or Spotify, neither companies of which I would like to support financially. I don't mind paying for a hosted service as I don't have the time nor the energy to manage my own multimedia service and would like to have good reliability when out and about. Any ideas?

TIDAL and Deezer are both quite good.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by qart »

speedgoose wrote: post #24
naebother wrote: post #10

This is why I'm still discovering and managing my mp3s like it's the 00s (warez/torrents). Never know when it's all going to be shut down. These services are still good for discovering similar music, but always have local copies.

You could always use a service not managed by Google. Spotify for example has been around for years and will not close anytime soon.

I agree with this recommendation. When we are dealing with a company as large as and has as diverse a portfolio as Google, we must be heedful that as soon as they find one of their products troublesome in one way or another, they will shut it down. With a company like Spotify, they will fight for its survival as if their life depends on it.

With Google, it seems to be, "This was a fun experiment. We'll try something else now."

For music, I think the best option is to find indie labels who let you download and keep stuff DRM-free. Spotify is probably the best option for mainstream music.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by tinus_hn »

merlinscholz wrote: post #22
junon wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I need a new service reccomendation that isn't GMusic or Spotify, neither companies of which I would like to support financially. I don't mind paying for a hosted service as I don't have the time nor the energy to manage my own multimedia service and would like to have good reliability when out and about. Any ideas?

I ditched Spotify for Apple Music last year (due to several issues with Spotify). The only thing I miss so far is a good web player. Apple Music offers one, but it crashes way too often. The iOS and even the Android app work just fine. Also, the price (at least here) is the same for both platforms.

You can pay for Apple Music using iTunes gift cards. If these can be bought with a discount in your area, Apple Music becomes cheaper.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by smichel17 »

speedgoose wrote: post #24
naebother wrote: post #10

This is why I'm still discovering and managing my mp3s like it's the 00s (warez/torrents). Never know when it's all going to be shut down. These services are still good for discovering similar music, but always have local copies.

You could always use a service not managed by Google. Spotify for example has been around for years and will not close anytime soon.

Spotify does, however, sometimes lose their license to songs on the service. Maybe not often, but it's happened to me enough that I only rely on Spotify for discovery now -- when I know I like something enough to keep listening to it, I buy it.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by alexvoda »

smichel17 wrote: post #28
speedgoose wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could always use a service not managed by Google. Spotify for example has been around for years and will not close anytime soon.

Spotify does, however, sometimes lose their license to songs on the service. Maybe not often, but it's happened to me enough that I only rely on Spotify for discovery now -- when I know I like something enough to keep listening to it, I buy it.

What I like about Spotify is that the discovery features are good enough to be worth the price by themselves.
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